Unrigged is committed to the cause of Palestinian liberation. Join us in Montreal to march in shared pursuit of liberation for Palestinians and people everywhere commemorating 78 years since the 1948 Nakba, this Saturday May 16th at 2PM at the Israeli Consulate (1 Westmount Square).

check out the second investigation by me and @emmaarkell.bsky.social, and the third part in @defacto_ca's debut series on immigration enforcement. we found transit police appear to be breaking their own policy on documenting calls to CBSA over 90% of the time www.defactomedia.ca/transit-poli...

I spoke to the Trudeau-era environment minister who resigned from cabinet under Carney. Steven Guilbeault has a warning about Carney’s latest environment-trampling proposals — ones he agrees would be worse than Harper’s. Here’s the latest on the plan that would “eviscerate” environmental laws:

🏢Un article issu du no 107 est maintenant disponible en primeur sur notre site. « Recul organisé du logement social : stratégie du choc » réalisé par Véronique Laflamme du @frapru.bsky.social Dispo ici : surl.li/ogkobz

Just got off a phone interview with former environment minister Steven Guilbeault 👀 Stay tuned for today's video!

Alberta's separatist leaders are musing openly about staging a coup to oust Danielle Smith and takeover the UCP:

Love to attend an intensive 4 days at the 2026 National Community Radio Conference at the University of Toronto's Hart House, the Fairmont Royal York, the Jane Malett Theater and the CBC building's atrium 💕

Protestors who were beaten by Calgary police during the violent dispersal of an anti-genocide demonstration at the University of Calgary in 2024 have filed suit against the university, the city and the police force.

“To implement the declaration, they need a watchdog,” Kenneth Deer said. “They need somebody over them to make sure they’re carrying out their responsibilities.” Story by Dionne Phillips, published through the Indigenous News Alliance. indiginews.com/news/at-the-...

'Code of Misconduct,' which premiered at Hot Docs Festival on yesterday, explores how male sports culture, if left to its current form, breeds toxicity and psychopathy, writes journalist Olivia Bowden. Read the full review:

At Davos, Mark Carney quoted dissident Václav Havel to describe a broken world order. He should have kept reading. The warning he missed was what happens when technology begins to govern us, reshaping democratic life in ways we are only beginning to grasp, writes @donalgill.bsky.social.

Book launch webinar — “Data Activism in the Age of Trump” — is coming up TOMORROW on April 28 at 1:30pm (EDT). Free registration and discount on the book

On a new episode of 🍎 THE ORCHARD 🍎 @readtheorchard.org sits down with @davidgriscom.bsky.social to talk about his book 'The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South' and the hidden history of socialism in the Lone Star state. www.readtheorchard.org/p/the-myth-o...

On a new ⚖️ GREEN PLANET MONITOR⚖️ @justpeaceadvocates.bsky.social campaigner Becca Steckle sits down with David Kattenburg to explain how corporate Canada is bankrolling Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide. www.greenplanetmonitor.net/podcast/bank...

« Les projets de loi canadiens C-2 et C-8, s’ils sont adoptés, auraient une incidence importante sur la protection actuelle de la vie privée. » L'entrevue réalisée avec Matt Hatfield d' @openmedia.org dans notre plus récent numéro est maintenant disponible sur notre site. Dispo ici : urls.fr/tbFevq

Elsipogtog First Nation inaugurated six women and six men to council recently following band elections. It’s the “first time in recorded history” that Elsipogtog council had achieved that milestone, said Nation Administrator Bo Augustine Report: Anna-Leah Simon nbmediacoop.org/2026/04/24/e...

Sikh groups were frustrated by politicians’ responses to the targeting of Canadian Sikhs. So they threatened to bar them from photo ops. It worked. (Mostly.) pressprogress.ca/sikh-coaliti...

On a new 🚫ANTI EMPIRE PROJECT🚫 host Justin Podur talks autos, cinema, airplanes, finance, Prohibition, Garveyism and the KKK in a special two hour episode painting a picture of Interwar America. podur.org/2026/04/26/i...

From Friday: Sikh groups were frustrated by politicians’ responses to the targeting of Canadian Sikhs. They threatened to bar them from photo ops. It worked. (Mostly.) pressprogress.ca/sikh-coaliti...

Kids reading about diversity, political issues, or safe boundaries? No thanks, says the Alberta government. But kids being exposed to The Robot That Drives You Insane? Well heck, let's get to it

The planned $682-million expansion of a General Dynamics ordnance and tactical systems facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is drawing mounting criticism from environmental groups, public-health advocates, and arms-control campaigners. By Éanna Mackey

When I went indie, I was terrified it wasn’t going to work — so I threw everything at it. And I mean everything. But it's too much. I'm burning out. So I'm shaking things up. I'll be focusing on giving you guys the high-quality journalism you've come to expect from me. Here's what's happening:

Finalists/Finalistes : Community Broadcast /diffusion communautaire ⭐️Jules Bugiel - CKUT Radio 90.3 FM / Frequency News ⭐️Ryan Cooke - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador ⭐️Guy Quenneville - CBC Ottawa ⭐️Savannah Stewart, Justin Khan - The Rover #CAJawards #prixACJ

Félicitations à Savannah et Justin du @therovermedia.bsky.social pour leurs nominations!

Season 2 of #berrygrounds is here! To kick it off, host Justin Brake goes in conversation with tech journalist, author and podcast host Paris Marx about #ArtificialIntelligence and the ways Generative AI is impacting our lives and the environment. Listen here: theindependent.ca/podcasts/rea...

Our party's coming up this Friday, with performances by Austra, Witch Prophet and a secret special guest. Plus a sweet silent auction. Tickets are over 60% sold out so don't wait too late! www.eventbrite.ca/e/1985958119...

Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations in 'NYC' this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous Peoples — but they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop. Published through the Indigenous News Alliance.

REPORTAGE | Une centaine de membres du personnel médical ont été tués par Israël depuis mars, selon les autorités libanaises. Par @amelied.bsky.social 👇 pivot.quebec/2026/04/21/n...

Some on the Left are mistaking right-wing “anti-Israel” rhetoric for common ground. It isn’t. @johncke.bsky.social argues that MAGA dissent is rooted in nationalism, antisemitic conspiracy, and racism—and why any alliance would be a dead end for the Left.

Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters. Instead of capturing windfall profits for the public good, Ottawa is bankrolling fossil fuel companies and starving services needed during the #climatecrisis. New from @silasxuereb.bsky.social: ricochet.media/politics/car... #cdnpoli @c4tf.bsky.social

Now that the far right in British Columbia is attacking Indigenous rights and fear mongering about DRIPA with misinformation and the NDP is waffling, it’s time to know the facts about DRIPA, from dripafacts.ca 🧵

On the return of @independentnl.bsky.social's 🍇BERRYGROUNDS🍇 @techwontsave.us host @parismarx.com joins @justinbrake.bsky.social for a wide-ranging discussion about Artificial Intelligence and the ways AI is impacting our lives and the environment. www.listennotes.com/podcasts/ber...

Next week: hear how activists are creatively engaging with data to challenge authoritarianism.

On ep110 of the 💫HARBINGER SHOWCASE💫 radio show ➡️ Alberta vs. Trans Kids on @albertaadvantage.bsky.social ➡️ Doug Ford Attacks FOI on @pressprogress.ca SOURCES ➡️ @rachelgilmore.bsky.social + @smohyeddin.bsky.social unpack the Illegal US/Israel War on Iran ➡️ + more www.spreaker.com/episode/ep11...

A health crisis has been brewing for some time in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, and it’s only getting worse. New research finds lack of resources, language barriers persist in Nunavik, where Red Cross has been called to help with TB outbreaks. pressprogress.ca/tuberculosis...

I'm about to hit send on this edition of Pulse Check, your #cdn public health newsletter. Feat. 2 provinces with public health emergencies, one marking 10 years, while calls to declare another go ignored. PLUS latest headlines & a satire bit. Hope you signup: pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future. It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

We should want to take advantage of the post office’s unique, nationwide infrastructure to provide more and better services to Canadians instead of dismantling something that we may never be able to rebuild, writes @parismarx.com.

Last year, the workplace safety board filed multiple lawsuits against l'Agence de recrutement et de placement des employés IRIS, seeking nearly $100,000 to recover unpaid wages for former employees whose immigration statuses are now precarious. By @natirv.bsky.social

Yesterday's 2nd annual Independent Media Summit bringing together journalism, social economy and philanthropy was a big success! Thanks to @therovermedia.bsky.social @pivot.quebec @policyalternatives.ca + @laconverse.bsky.social and our conference organizing partners @chantieres.bsky.social 💕

Thursday's Harbinger Soapbox vol. 7 live show at Bar Milton-Parc Co-op was so much fun - thanks a lot to @endofsportpod.bsky.social Habibti Please Palestinian Youth Movement @fernpub.bsky.social + Arts for Palestine for an unforgettable night 💕

TODAY don't miss the @briarpatchmag.bsky.social Vancouver fundraiser featuring grassroots activists, artists and writers happening from 4-8 at Vines Arts Society (825 E. Hastings)!

TOMORROW don't miss Unrigged's 2nd annual Independent Media Summit produced in collaboration with our partners in the Social Economy sector! It'll be a unique gathering designed to cultivate a thriving, resilient & community-rooted media ecosystem in Quebec and Canada DM for more info and to RSVP

Very excited about this event in Montréal tomorrow night.

Tomorrow don't miss HARBINGER SOAPBOX vol. 7: Sportswashing & Imperialism, a live podcast recording & book release at Bar Milton-Parc Co-op in Montreal from 6-9 w/ @endofsportpod.bsky.social @cutv.bsky.social Habibti Please, @cjpme.org + Palestinian Youth Movement www.eventbrite.com/e/harbinger-...

The director of the Serious Incident Response Team has apologized over a report into the fatal police shooting of Iggy Dedam, which claimed that the peacekeeping group Indige-Watch 'would not respond' in situations involving a weapon. Thread:

Across the Blackfoot Confederacy, heavy music has become a conduit for release and repair. Reid Blakley traces how community-led festivals in Canada and the US are transforming pain into connection, mentorship, and healing. https://www.newfeeling.ca/singing-heavy-songs/

Montreal Member of Parliament Alexandre Boulerice is calling Canada’s decision to bar Rima Hassan from entering the country “a blatant case of political censorship” by the federal government.

In her latest column, Managing Editor @savannahstewart.bsky.social writes about our comment moderation concerns. How do we maintain a healthy environment on our platforms with our limited resources?

The Progressive Publics event #4 was a great thing thanks to @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social representing Harbinger @harbingermedia.bsky.social and Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social … And also thanks to some incredible, remarkable speakers like El Jones and Jeremy Appel @readtheorchard.org …